It is difficult to ignore the usefulness of choosing textual content efficiently in Windows, especially if you use Microsoft Word, WordPad, or Notepad on an everyday basis. After all, highlighting a fragment is usually the primary step, no matter what you need to do with that textual content (copy, delete, move, change its format, etc.). Whether you are questioning how to select all in Word, how to highlight chunks of textual content for your preferred Microsoft modifying program. Microsoft Word has a tool that has the choice to highlight the textual content in different colors. Just as you do with a highlighter on a sheet of paper. This is a manner to delimit the areas of the report which are most important or that attract your attention.

Select all Highlighted text in MS Word:

  • To select all the highlighted text in Word automatically, press the “Ctrl + H” keys at the same time or you can simply select Find ribbon and then click on Advanced Find from drop-down list.
Microsoft Word Find Advanced Find and replace
Microsoft Word Find Advanced Find and replace
  • A dialog box will be opend called “Find and Replace”.
  • Select Find tab fro the top, in the lower-left corner of this dialog box click the” More “ to see more search options. In the new options, you will see the” Format ” section and click on it. A pop-up menu will appear where you must select the ” Highlight ” section.
 A dialog box will be opend called “Find and Replace”.
Find and Replace Dialog box
Find and Replace Dialog box for formatting
Find and Replace Dialog box for formatting
  • The “ Highlight ” format will be reflected in the search bar. After this you must click on the ” Find in” button and, in the pop-up menu, choose the ” Main document ” option .
Microsoft Word Find Advanced Find and replace
Microsoft Word Find Advanced Find and replace

Now Find and replace will select all highlighted text.

Microsoft Word Find Advanced Find and replace - selected
Microsoft Word Find Advanced Find and replace – selected
  • A message will appear that shows how many elements that match this format have been selected. Then close the dialog box by pressing the ”Esc” key. Now all the highlighted text has been selected in Word automatically.